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                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                           905
 
                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                    IN SENATE
 
                                       (Prefiled)
 
                                     January 6, 2021
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by Sen. HARCKHAM -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
 
        AN ACT to amend a chapter of the laws of 2020 relating  to  establishing
          the  real  property  tax  exemption  task force, and providing for its
          powers and duties, as proposed in legislative bills numbers S.  3679-A
          and A. 3330-A, in relation to the establishment thereof
 
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section 1. The opening paragraph of section 1 of a chapter of the laws
     2  of 2020 relating to establishing the real property  tax  exemption  task
     3  force,  and providing for its powers and duties, as proposed in legisla-
     4  tive bills numbers S. 3679-A and  A.  3330-A,  is  amended  to  read  as
     5  follows:
     6    There  is  hereby  established  [within the department of taxation and
     7  finance] a real property tax exemption task force. The  purpose  of  the
     8  task  force  shall be to study and prepare a report which shall include,
     9  but not be limited to the following:
    10    § 2. Section 2 of a chapter of the laws of 2020 relating to establish-
    11  ing the real property tax exemption task force, and  providing  for  its
    12  powers  and  duties,  as proposed in legislative bills numbers S. 3679-A
    13  and A. 3330-A, is amended to read as follows:
    14    § 2. The real property tax exemption task force  shall  consist  of  a
    15  total  of  [seven]  nine members and shall include: [the commissioner of
    16  taxation and finance or his or her designee;] the comptroller or his  or
    17  her  designee; the attorney general or his or her designee; [one person]
    18  two persons appointed by the temporary  president  of  the  senate;  one
    19  person  appointed by the minority leader of the senate; [one person] two
    20  persons appointed by the speaker  of  the  assembly;  [and]  one  person
    21  appointed  by  the minority leader of the assembly; and the president of
    22  the New York State Assessors Association or his or her  designee.    All
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD07147-01-1
        S. 905                              2
 
     1  appointees  to  the real property tax exemption task force shall be made
     2  no later than thirty days after the effective  date  of  this  act.  Any
     3  vacancy shall be filled by the appointing authority.
     4    § 3. Section 4 of a chapter of the laws of 2020 relating to establish-
     5  ing  the  real  property tax exemption task force, and providing for its
     6  powers and duties, as proposed in legislative bills  numbers  S.  3679-A
     7  and A. 3330-A, is amended to read as follows:
     8    §  4.  The  department  of taxation and finance shall provide the real
     9  property tax exemption task force with such [facilities, assistance, and
    10  data as will enable such] data obtained by the department  from  assess-
    11  ment rolls and assessors' reports as the task force may require to carry
    12  out its powers and duties. To the extent practicable, such data shall be
    13  provided  in  a  format in accordance with the standards outlined in the
    14  New York State Open Data Handbook pursuant to  Executive  Order  ninety-
    15  five of two thousand thirteen.
    16    §  4.  This  act  shall  take  effect on the same date and in the same
    17  manner as a chapter of the laws of 2020  relating  to  establishing  the
    18  real property tax exemption task force, and providing for its powers and
    19  duties,  as  proposed  in  legislative  bills  numbers  S. 3679-A and A.
    20  3330-A, takes effect.